Ode to Autumn Pattern: Kawanishi Hide
One of the traditions of Japanese art through the ages has been documenting the seasons and months of the year in art. My particular favorites are representations of autumn (it’s only a week awa ...
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Another Beauty Attack: Rogier Bissière
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | Karl ColeI have what I like to call episodes of “Beauty Attack” on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis when I’m struck by the awesomeness of an artist’s work that I never stopped to contem ...
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Artist Birthday: Marcel Duchamp
Monday, July 28, 2025 | Karl ColeMarcel Duchamp matured as an artist during one of the most exciting periods in Western art history. Paris was one of the undisputed leaders in avant-garde experiments in art which had repercussions th ...
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Artist Birthday: Gustav Klimt
Monday, July 14, 2025 | Karl ColeGustav Klimt, along with Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) was a leading Austrian modernist at the turn of the 1900s. Although noted as a society portrait painter in an Art Nouveau/Byzantine mosaic li ...
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National Pink Day: Art by CERN
Monday, June 23, 2025 | Karl ColeThroughout the world, artists are making urban spaces, and just any drab blank building walls—interior and exterior—dynamic and full of positive energy with murals, i.e. street art. Street ...
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Artist Birthday: Audrey Flack
Friday, May 30, 2025 | Karl ColeHaving matured as an artist shortly after the “revolution” of the Abstract Expressionism movement, Audrey Flack became one of the earliest and archetypal Photorealist painters, working fro ...
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Artist Birthday: Wols (A.O.W. Schulze)
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | Karl ColeWols was a major figure in the School of Paris that developed after World War I (1914–1918). He was a pioneering artist in Lyrical Abstraction, and was a major influence on the Tachisme movement ...
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Artist Birthday: Auguste Herbin
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | Karl ColeAuguste Herbin was one of the many French artists who were, before World War I, greatly influenced by the development of Cubism. His zest for abstraction did not abate after the war, when he became a ...
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Pointillism! Sally Hazelet Drummond
Monday, April 14, 2025 | Karl ColeIt may not be something that you have thought about art historically, but believe me, Pointillism—the brilliant Neo-Impressionist painting technique of the late 1800s—did not die with Paul ...
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Artist Birthday: Kenneth Noland
Thursday, April 10, 2025 | Karl ColeKenneth Noland was part of the Post Painterly Abstraction group of Color Field artists who sought to distance themselves from the gestural painting of Abstract Expressionism. His epiphany moment came, ...
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Artist Birthday: Victor Vasarely
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | Karl ColeThe study of the optical effects possible in the manipulation of color and shape that began with the Neo-Impressionists Georges Seurat (1895–1891) and Paul Signac (1863–1935) in the late 1 ...
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Election Year Antidote: Robert Delaunay
Monday, November 4, 2024 | Karl ColeThere is seriously no better distraction from a nerve-wracking election year than to look at beautiful art. By now you know my idea of “beautiful” is FULL OF VIBRANT COLOR. Robert Delaunay ...
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August Gems of the Month: Franz Marc
Monday, August 21, 2023 | Karl ColeMy own painting and way of approaching color is very much influenced by certain German Expressionists. Their unbridled revelry in color always puts a smile on my face, and I’m willing to bet it ...
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Gem of the Month: Morgan Russell
Monday, July 10, 2023 | Karl ColeAs I did with Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827) last week, I'm presenting another American original today: Morgan Russell. Russell was one of the first American artists to exhibit nono ...
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Spring Green from Gary Hume
Monday, April 24, 2023 | Karl ColeIn my ongoing celebration of spring, I’m featuring British artist Gary Hume. His Spring Angels series of eight screenprints sets just the right tone with their vibrant colors. In some of the pri ...
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Celebrating Spring with Color: Eliot Clark
Monday, April 10, 2023 | Karl ColeAs anyone can probably guess when reading this blog, I’m a big enthusiast of American Impressionism. There are just so many unique personal versions of the style, it’s hard for me to ...
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The October 2025 issue is out now!
Our new issue is out, and it's all about STUDENT VOICE & CHOICE. Art teachers foster student voice and choice, guiding them to become thoughtful artists and critical thinkers.
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